The National tribune., 1887-06-09
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.


| Philip Chivington, Avilla, Kan, says he
served through the whole of the war and was
| in the final review OF Sherman's army at Wash
ington, where he was honOrably discharged. His
health is broken down, but he has been refused
a pension thus far because he has no hospital
record. and he considers this a great injustice.
He hopes the laws will be so adjusted as to COR
rect the wrongs which exist.
| q. II. Blakeley, Kenyon, Mimi, says he
served in Co k Goth Ohio, in all its campaigns
He would be glad to hear from any of his old
| comrades
I'M. Post, Co. A, S7th Ind, Magnolia. Kan,
| says he was detailed as one Of the mounted
| bummers on the march from Atlanta to the
sea- He would like to hear from some of his
| old comrades of the Second Brigade, Third Di-
vision, Fourteenth Corps and especially that
famous leader OF the bummers. Maj. Steele, of
| the 10lst Ind.
o. C. Hutchins, 37th Mass, Montague, Mass,
| says the Sixth Corps went into the Shenandoah
Valley to keep the rebels from gobbling up the
Eighth and Nineteenth Corps and taking them
| TO Andersonyille. The writer does not agree
with Capt. A. Il. Mum in his recent defense of
| Gen. Stone. He thinks it would have been
better if Gen. Stone had been sent to Fort La
fayette before the battle of Balls Bluff.
NJ. A. Messenheimer. Alliance, o., pays high
compliment TO Gen. Henderson, Senator from
Nebraska, for his faithful and earnest efforts in
behalf of the soldiers. The writer served in
| Co. ID, 10Th Ohio, of which regiment Mander-
son was Colonel. Comrade MeSsenheimer was
captured st Chickamauga, and was a prisoner
ii months.
J. c. Fuller, Co. d. oath NY Cav, Mansfield,
| Pa, says that while the regiment was at Camp
Seward, Auburn, N.Y., in the Winter of 1863 A,
great commotion was caused one night by
| the discharge Of a revolver within the barracks,
| contrary 10 the rules OF course Lieut.. Myers,
who was in command of the company, had a
| hard time of it trying to find out who was the
| offender but did not succeed. The writer in
| forms him that he was tho man who discharged
the pistol, and is now willing to take his pun
| ishment
VIM. Pence, Co G, 42d ILL.,, Neosho, Mo-,
would like the address of Comrade Baynard,
Co. G, same regiment, a communication from
whom was recently published in these columns;
and also the address of Serg't Bendel.
A. b. Gildersleeve, Pittsburg, Pa, asks Com
cape from Rebellion.
James Gilbride, Co. K, Goth KY, Ellisville,
KY, says he served four years in the war, was
wounded, and lost an eye. He thinks the Pen
sion Bureau is very neglectful of him, as he has
written four times within year and received
no answer.
Edward Ryan, East Buffalo Yards. Buffalo,
N. Y, says he served through the war in the
45th Pa. and the 9th u. S. Cav. without losing
day from sickness. He was in all the cam
paigns of the Army Of the Potomac.
ID. Heffner, 45th Ohio, Eugene City, Ore,
says that Mr. Cleveland would not be President
oday if the soldiers mad not fought and suf-
fered as they did. lie says he has been trying
for IL years TO secure pension, but has not been
able TO get any satisfaction.
Daniel Mccain, First Sergeant, Co. ii, Goth
Ill, Warsaw, Ind, speaking of tall men in the
army, says that Serg't A. J. Bates, Co. c, 4th
Ind. Cav, stood feet III inches i'll his stock
ings.
Z. II. Patten. Co. A, 10th U. S. Inf, Indepen-
dence, o., has looked in vain for something
from the old Regular Brigade. of the Fifth
Corps. He says the members of that brigade
did plenty of hard fighting during the war, and
he thinks they have rs good right as any to
do little blowing now. He says he has
memoranda of daily occurrences, and if he can
be of any assistance TO his comrades he will DO
glad to serve them.
Joseph Mooney, Co. A, sth Iowa Cav, Carbon,
Tex, wishes TO return heartfelt thanks to Com
rade John Martin, Falls City, Neb, for barrel
of sweet potatoes and a sack Of other seeds sent
as donation to the sufferers from the drought.
The favor is warmly appreciated, and will not
be forgotten.
Random Shots.
]. w. Frank Blue Springs, Neb refers to
Gen. Bragg's Infamous aspersons" upon the
men who enlisted under the Presidents last
call for 100000 men. whom he denounces as be-
ing the scum of the earth" The writer was a
member of Co. Il, 1i7th ILL.,, one of the 10 regi-
ments organized under that call. He says that
| four-fifths of the members of that regiment
had served before, for terms varying from three
months TO three years. Many had been dis
charged on account of wounds, and having re-
covered their health re-entered the army. He
says those troops were largely composed of the
best class of men, many of them young, who
had not been old enough to enlist before. He
does not deny that there may have been little
of the "scum," Of which every regiment had
share, and Of which the last Congress seems to
have had little. The soldiers hold their SIAN
derers in supreme contempt.
Truman Culver, Rock Falls, H., says that
Comrade Phillips, 9th n. Y. Cav was mistaken
when he said in his account of the cavalry
fight at Beverly Ford that the 9th N. Y. Cav.
was the first TO charge in support of the sth N.
Y. The First Brigade was commanded by Col.
Davies, 9Th N. Y, who was killed in the first
charge. The regiment was overwhelmed and
fell back toward the Ford. The 9Th ILL.,, which
had just crossed, Immediately charged the
enemy with great impetuosity. 1t was soon
entirely surrounded, but held the enemy at
bay on all sides until the Sd Ind. rushed most
calamity to its succOr.
j. A. Shea, GAINESVILLE, Tenn, says that Com
rade Fry, 42d Ohio. in his account of the fight
of Do Courcey's Brigade at Tazewell, Tenn,
omitted the 22d Ky.
J. w. Vestall, Co. G, 9th Mo-, Graysville,
No., thinks the Board of Pension Examiners
in his County has done great injustice to many
| applicants for increase. He believes they are
| prejudiced against the soldiers.
S. X. Evil, Co. +, 18th Pa Watsontown, Pa,
makes some scathing comments on an article
published by the Louisville Courier Journal. ap-
proving the Presidents veto of the pension
| bill.
J. X. Tumblcson, Co. A, ODD ILL.,, Woodward,
Iowa, would be glad to see a sketch of Gen.
| Wilder's raid through Middle Tennessee, in
July. 1863 He says they captured /, $50 horses
! and mules. He thinks the soldiers will try
| the veto business oil Cleveland in 1883.
w. Il. Hugus Co. c. Sth Ohio, st. Johns,
Mich, says that in the midst OF a skirmish with
the enemy, near BcaltOn Station, Va, Oct Il,
| 1863 his regiment voted, that being election
day in Ohio. The regiment cast 100 votes for
BrOugh for Governor, and one for Vallandig-
ham. He hopes the soldiers will stand together
as well as that in the next Presidential election.
W. ii. Mast, Bristol, Conn.,, hopes that in fu-
| ture Presidential elections the comrades will
not ask whether q candidate is o Democrat or
a Republican, but whether he is a friend to the
soldier.
G. b. Barnes, Co. l. 18th Wis, Fremont, Wis,
| says he was member of the " Old Iron Brigade"
and served under Gen. Bragg from the time he
| commanded il, which was from August, 1864,
until February, 1866. All the survivors of the
brigade repudiate him, and denounce the
unmanly sentiments to which he gave utter
ance in his speech in Congress on the Pension